Bx breast add lesion Ultrasound imag at CHI Health Missouri Valley

631 North 8th Street, Missouri Valley, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1508964123

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$904.54

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,846.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$394.10 with United vs $1,103.48 with MultiPlan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Medicare|All Plans $394.10 ↓ -56%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $394.10 ↓ -56%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $394.10 ↓ -56%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $394.10 ↓ -56%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $401.99 ↓ -56%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $413.81 ↓ -54%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $413.81 ↓ -54%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $484.18 ↓ -46%
Total Care Medicaid|All Plans $493.87 ↓ -45%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $493.87 ↓ -45%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $503.55 ↓ -44%
Wellmark Commercial|PPO $641.82 ↓ -29%
Wellmark Commercial|HMO $641.82 ↓ -29%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $874.91 ↓ -3%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $1,016.22 ↑ +12%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,024.66 ↑ +13%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,024.66 ↑ +13%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $1,069.70 ↑ +18%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,080.96 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,080.96 ↑ +20%
Medica Commercial|ACO $1,080.96 ↑ +20%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,080.96 ↑ +20%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,080.96 ↑ +20%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,080.96 ↑ +20%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $1,080.96 ↑ +20%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,080.96 ↑ +20%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,080.96 ↑ +20%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,080.96 ↑ +20%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,080.96 ↑ +20%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,080.96 ↑ +20%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,080.96 ↑ +20%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,103.48 ↑ +22%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,103.48 ↑ +22%

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Bx breast add lesion Ultrasound imag at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,839.00 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $1,077.70 $69.34 – $1,658.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $2,385.50 $69.34 – $3,670.00
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $4,319.00 $69.34 – $4,319.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $1,474.85 $69.34 – $2,269.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $2,124.00 not published
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $1,905.80 $69.34 – $3,576.15
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,721.26 $69.34 – $1,133.88

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